Button.



G. A. MEDLEY BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED nov. a, 1907.

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.- the invention consists in the novel construcof two sections or plies, an outer ply or sec- .ig. 1, whilethe other section 5 has a jointed CLARA A. FINDLEY, OF WEEMS, OHIO.

BUTTGN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. $39,

Application filed November 6, 1907. Serial No. i00,35'1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA A. FINDLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weems, in the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buttons and has for its object to provide a button which may be easily and quickly attached to the clothing Without sewing the same in place, the button being provided with means carried entirely thereby whereby it may be securely attached tothe clothing Without the aid of any implement. whatever. The button is also adapted to be readily detached from the clothing Without injuring either the button or the clothing. I

With the above and other objects in view,

tion, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a diametrical section through a button embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is asimilarsection taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the button. The button may be of any suitable or preferred construction as far as the body thereof is concerned and may be iven any desired 'sh or ornamentation and may also be constructed of any suitable material such asbone, celluloid, hard rubber or the like.

In order to illustrate the present invention, I have shown the body 01 the button as approximately hemispherical and composed tion 1 and an inner ply orsection 2 arranged in contact with each other, the outer section being somewhat larger in area than the inner section so that the edge of the outer section may be bent over the corresponding edge of the inner-section as shown at 3 and clenched so as to hold both sections rigidly in place relatively to each other.

The button comprises a shank consisting of two sections, one section 4 being fixed or stationary and the other section 5 having a ivotal or hinged relation to the section 4. he section 4 may be formed as an intc ral art of the inner section 2 as indicated in tremity connection with the inner section of the body as indicated at 6, so that the outer free end l 5 of the shank and the inner section 2 of the body, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, although any other expedient for the same purpose may be substituted for the one illustrated. One of the shank sections is pro- Vidcd with a spring stud 8 while the other section is provided with a socket 9 to receive said stud whereby the movable section of the shank is held in rigid relation to the fixed member thereof for a our-pose which will hereinafter appear.

The outer extremity of one section of the shank is provided with one or more prongs 10 while the corresponding end of the other section of the shank is provided with holes to receive said prongs. in carrying out this feature of the invention, the extremities ol the shank sections are preferably curled or rolled as indicated in the drawin s and a plurality of prongs 10 are employs the prongs being shown as formed by the terminals of a piece of wire bent into the form of a staple 'and rigidly secured to one of tho sections of the shank while the openings to receive the pron s are formed in the curled or rolled terniina portion of the other section of the shank. In this way, the points of the prongs are protected by the curl or roll of the exof the shank, thus protecting the clothing and fingers of the user.

To apply the button to the clothing, the shank sections are spread apart. The prongs are then inserted through the cloth of the garment and the shank sections then brought together, the prongs entering the oicnings in the opposite section of the shank and the spring stud 8 snapping into the socket 9 and holding the shank sections close together as shown in Fig. 1. To detach the button the operation just described is reversed.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimcd as new is 1. A button embodying a shank comprising a fixed section and a movable section,

may be swung toward and and a snap fastener for sec uring the sections separably together.

2. A button embodying a shank comprising a fixed section and a movable section, a snap fastener for securing the movable section to the fixed section, and one or more im- 1 of the sectiens being provided with an i11-- paung prongs earned by one see-non. and en- 'begrai guard 'wlucu. eevers fiche prong 0r gegmg we upposne 3001,1011. prongs.

5. A button embodying a shank comprisin bestimony'whereof l ah'ix my signature ing a fixed section and a pivowd section, a, I in presence of two Wimesses;

snap fastener for securing the pivotled s'ec- CLAiiA. A. FKNDLEY. mun separauly to the iued seamen, ene 01 W1tnesses: more impenng prongs earned by one secuon' Va M.- C. WOLFE,

and adapueu w engage me other section, one B. A. FINDLEY. 

